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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-05-21
Erace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your appe-
tite is poor, you are bothered with Head.
ache, you are fdgetty, nervous, and gener
all out of sorts, and want TO BRACE up.
Brace up but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bitters, which have for their
basis veay cheap, bad whisky, and which
stimulate you for an hour, and then leave
you in worse condition than before.
What you want is an attentive that will
purify your blood, start healthy action o;
Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitality
and give renewed health and strength.
Such medicine you viii find in Electric
Bitters, and only50 ceafs bottle at K. @.
Williams, Jr. s. Bros, Drug Store.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-05-21
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
The Life OF a Convict.

THE study of human nature" said
Principal Keeper Patterson, of the state
penitentinry at Trenton, n. j., 10 q
reporter in the lobby of the National
hotel the other night, "nsido prison
walls is more interesting than pleasant
Tho class of human beings one comes
in contact with is usually SO depraved
and hardened that it oftentimcs sur
priSes even those accustomed to the
life. Wo believe our system to be as
good as any in existence, and yet we
are not as severe in somo ways as the
people of the Eastern penitentiary."
"Are there not q number of crimi-
nails sent you who instead should go
to asylumsP Do you not have many
cranky characters to contend withP"
"Well, we do in certain sense
Criminals are as rule, one-sided
characters; their moral character is, so
to speak, lop-sided. But it is not the
men who 60 into the prisons that arc
mentally unbalanced; it is those who
come out The fact is, man who
serves five or even q three years SEN
tcnce out, is apt to leave the peniten-
tiary unsound in mind, il not in both
body and mind. Imagine, for instance,
the life they lead, day in and day out.
TO the mess-room in the morning,
where they can not speak word to
anyone; to the workshop for the day,
where talking is strictly forbidden; TO
tho mess-room again for supper, where
the same order is enforced; and then to
solitary confinement in their cells.
where there IS no one to talk to. Think
of it. Such life for years! Is 1t not
enough to drive man insancP Why,
man alive, you can not realize it; bu,
the percentage is simply frightful OF
those who go to Jail strong in both
mind and body and who come out
wrecks in one or both. - Washington
Post
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
soIdiers, PanIos.

In South Africa, the disaster of Is
ndlhwana gave the soldiers nerves a
severe shaking, and it often happened
that false alarms at night led to the
rousing of whole camps, and sometimes
even to reckless discharge of firearms.
In some cases friendly natives, or even
comrades, were taken by the excited
Imagination of sentry for enemies; in
others, unoffending cattle, even bush
or a shrub, became the innocent cause
of a fusilade sufficient 10 have dealt
widespread destruction to host of
Zuius. An odd incident illustrative of
tho slightness of the cause-or even.
perhaps, of the absence of any cause at
all-that gives rise to panic, occurred
on the night of Tel-el-Kebir, amid q
small corner of the force that was
bivouacking on the battlefield. The
narrator had crawled into marquee in
which, with other commissariat stores,
were the rum casks from which the
troops had received thoir liquor ration
after the fatigucs and excitement of the
days fight and previous night march.
Besides one or two commissariat issuers
in charge Of the stores, several "odds
and ends" OF other corps had found
tholr way into the marquee, preferring
to rest under its shelter amid the casks
and biscuit boxes than under the open
sky with the sand for bed. Suddenly,
in the middle of the night when all
were sleeping, noise and commotion
began in a bivouac outside. Before the
inhabitants of the tent were sufficiently
awake to understand its cause the cur
tains were thrust aside by q relocated
soldier, who shouted to lis to get up:
''The Arabs are in the camp-they are
upon us!' Then he disappeared as
rapidly IS he had come. Every one
sprang to his arms, and probably ex-
perienced that especially uncomfortable
sensation that is caused by vague
feeling of an unseen though imminent
danger against which one is ignorant
how to guard. Outside every one
around was aroused and up, eagerly
| STRIVING to discover from what quarter
attack was to be expected. Nothing
however, moro unpleasant occurred thar
the advent of staff officer asking the
cause of the confusion. Probably the
truth never did reach headquarters
Afterward, however, report gained
| ground-no other or better reason was
ever forthcoming-that the alarm arose
from the screams of sleeping soldier
who. overweight perhaps by tho hor
rors of the day, had been fighting hi
battle over again in his drcamsl--
| Chdne6erS'S Journal.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
Probable Farift Reductions.

Ut IS not difficult to predict what the
bill reducing tariff taxes will be. The
conCltlon OF business and the necessity
OF framing measure that will pass the
Senate define the limitations which will
determine the boundaries of the tax re-
duCtiOn bill
We predict that it will be in substance
rs follows:
first-The free list will include all the
orcs--iron, lead, zinc, copper-and also
salt, coal, coal, lumber, wool. inte,
hemp, marble, stone and other raw
materials used in manufactures in this
country.
The free list will effect O reduction Of
about $17, 10000 -
Second-The tax on sugar will be cut
in two in the middle. This will throw
ell $27, ,OO0,000 unless an increase con-
sumption shall result from the redncc1
taxation. 1t may, however, be assumed
thct tho receipts from sugar will be 500 :.
OO0, 600 less than at present.
Thrd-The placing of tropical fruits
upon the free list and the Looping off Of
taxes above 60 per cent. will make q
further reduction of, soy, $33, 900, 600
Fourth-There will be secured nv tbe
changes above suggested q decreoSe of
SAC, 100000 in the tariff taxes. Suppog.
ing that the scheme is to effect o saving
of 800, 900, 900, which is as great re-
duction as Congress is likely to make,
the general reduction which the pro.
tected manufactures will be required to
make will not be more than ten millions.
Ihls can be accomplished by revising
tho taxes upon manufactures SO that the
minimum duty shalt be 40 per cent.
ad valorem and the meximum duty 60
per cent.
a minimum duty of 40 per cent. is
"high protection" We submit it to the
Judgment of the people whether it is not
enough.
We now venture to predict that the
tariff above sketched will be found to
resemble the bill upon which Democrats
take their stand as closely as the Sarato
ga platform resembled the Presidents
message. New York Star.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
The Limitations OF Science.

1t may not be amiss for me to supple
ment OF qualify the foregoing pages
with page or two which have differ
ent bearing. In the first place, let ME
say that have not 80 much spoken for
myself therein as have spoken for that
attitude of mind which makes science
or exact knowledge possible-a state of
mind which, in our time, l am aware,
is carrying things with a. high hand. I
know full we'll that science does not
make up the sum-total of life; that there
are many things in this world that
count for more than exact knowledge
noble sentiment. an heroic impulse,
courage, and self-sacrifice-how all your
exact demonstrations pale before these
things! But l recognize the fact that
within its own sphere science is supreme,
and its sphere is commensurate with
human reason; and that, when an ap-
peal Is made to it, we must abide by
the result. Theology assumes to be a
science, the science of God, and as such
tho evidence, the proof upon which it
relies, must stand the test of reason, or
bo capable Of verifcation. Religion, as
sentiment, as an aspiration after the
highest good, is one thing; but, formu-
lated into system of theology and as
suming to rest upon exact demonstra-
ton, is quite anoh AS such it is ex-
posed to the terrible question, Is it truep
In other words, 1t comes within the
range OF science, and must stand its
fro. When miracles are brought for
ward as an evidence of the truth of
Christianity, the natural philosopher is
bound to aeli, Do miracles take place?
If our life were alone made up Of
reason or Of exact knowledge, science
would be all in all to us. So far as it
is made up Of these things, science must
be our guide. But probably four tfths
of life is quito outside Of the sphere of
science; four fifths of life is sentiment
The great ages of the world have been
ages of sentiment; the great literatures
are the embodiments of sentiment
Patriotism is o sentiment; love, benevol-
ence, admiration, worship, are all senti-
ments.-John Burroughs, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
A Nice Calculation,

She was'a young woman in Wash
ington for the season, and was very
fond OF narrating her conquests and
speaking Of her powers over men. He
was bachelor with heart of stone
and cheek of east-iron. They were
talking of love and matrmony and
eognate subjects. '1'vc been engaged
six weeks. Mr.. X" she said, with re-
freshing candor, in view of the fact that
the announcement had appeared in
the society news after the proposal
"Ah!' he said, with rosebud smile
wrcathed around an Interrogation point:
chow charming" Delightful, Mr.. X "
che continued, radiantly; che was an
old friend of our family, and he was so
persistent; how long do you think |
kept the poor fellow waiting for his an
swerP' and she giggled a real swell
giggIe. "Um, um," he cogitatcd. as if
calculating an equation Of time between
a sun-dial and Waterbury watch; cum
well, should say about minute and
a half, possibly two minutes" There
was an abrupt termination to the con-
versation, and the brute was left alone
in the alcoye where they had been talk
ing Washington critic.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTI CUTE.

The current session of this Institutp
closes January 2lst, 1883, when the
Sp%lng Session begins, which ends june
9th, 1888. '''
The present session is one of the rnoat
prosperous in the history of the Ineti-
tute. There is room for only few MON
boarding pupils. The health of tfe
school, the accommodations of it's board
ing department., and the efficiency of its
corps OF teachers are unsurpassed any-
where IN the South. The first of JanYaSv
Is very convenient time for entorin9.
Pupils are charged only from date Sf
entrance.
Rev. WM. r. ATKINSON.
(o,u - Principal.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22

Joseph knight, bookkcrper of the Manu-
LECTURERS National Bank, Philadelphia,
was taken bef 're United States Commits
sioner Edwards yester iay, charged with
stealing from the funds of the hank hr.
tween 500, 200 and $40, COO. 1t is said that
knight has been apprOpriating TO his own
use the banks money for nearly twenty.
i've years. Knight mas been booklSeeper
in the bank for thiJty-fye years and has
always been considered Trustworthy.
Sick and bilious headache cured by DR..
Pierce's Pellets"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
Pianos and Organs.

All of the best makes. $25 cash and
balance November 1, at spot cash prices
on Piano. 80 cash and balance No.
yember |, at spot cash prices on an
Organ. Delivered, freight free, at your
nearest depot. Fifteen days test tria]
and freight both ways if not satisfactory,
Write for circulars.
n. w. TRUMP,
Columbia, s. G.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
A TONGUE IN KNOTS.

l. contracted malaria in the swamps Of
Louisiana while working for tho tele-
graph company, and used every kind of
medicine | could hear Of without relief.
at last succeeded in breaking the fever.
but 1t cost me over $4,000, and then nv
system was prostrated and saturated with
malnrial poison and [ became almost
helpless. [ finally came here, nv mouth
SO filled with sores that L could scarcely
eat, and my tongue raw and fl lcd with
little knots. Various remedies were re-
sorted to without effect. 1 bought two
bottles of b. B. B. and it has cured and
strengthened me. All sores of NV
mouth are healed and my tongue entire
ly clear of knots and soreness, and I feel
like new man.
jackson, Tenn, April 20, 1856.
A. L. BMTroN.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
In the Family Over 200 Isnrr.

The splendid old coloni"l homestead
"Oaklands," in Loudon county, Virginia,
belonging to Mrs. George w. Carter, nee
Miss Kate Curtis Powell, has been placed
in the hands Of real estate agents for sale,
and will soon go into the possession of
strangers. The family have owned it for
over eco years, it having been cedcd to the
great grandfather of the present proprietor
BY King George, to whom he was counsel
lor, and whose portrait, with that of his
wife, still hangs in the ancestral hall.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
Liver, Blood, and LuRaS.

If you feel duh, drowsy, dcbilitated, have
on face or body, frequent headache or dlzzt-
ness, bad taste in mouth, internal heat oa
and gloomy forcbodings, irregular appetite.
and, coated tongue. You are suffering from
ndigestion, Dyspcpsin, nnd Torpid
cases only part of these symptoms nre expo
rienccd. As n remedy for all such cascR
DIR. Piercc's Golden Medical Dis
cOycry is unsurpassed.
For weak LungR, Splitting OF
chitiS, Gstiilma, Sevcre Cou8hs. and
kindred affections, it is an efficient remedy
SOLD by DRUGGIsTs, Mt $l.0O, or SIX
BOTTLES for $500.
Send ten cents in stamps for DR.. Pieree'a
book on Consumption. Address.
ciatlOn, GG3 Main Street, BUFFALO, n. y.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22

j. L. PHYsIoc's Merchant Tailor Es-
tablishment, Columbia, s. c., is in full
blast. Only look will convince any
one. All thOt want q frst-class fitting
suit try him. A full limo of the best
goods on hand.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22

The New York girl speaks of an after
noon tea as an "Oolong and Tyson matt
nee. The New York man al udes to Il as
an afternoon tedium.
America TO European malcontcnts)-If
you don't like our ropes you needn't come
and swing on them
They arc having shaving contests in the
west. The winner of course, carries off
the cup.
1t was the man who picked up the dollar
which some one else dropped that met with
a loss.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
STIFF JOINTS.
MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF SCROFULA
AND RIEUMATISNI

A MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF sCRoFULA
AND RHEUMATISM.
have little boy twelve Years old
whose knees have been drawn almost
double and his joints are perfectly stiff.
and he has been in this condition three
years, unable to walk. During that time
the medical board of London county OK
amlned him and pronounced the disease
scrofua and prescribed, but no benefit
ever derived. L then used a much ad-
vertised preparation without benefit.
Three weeks ago he became perfectly
helpless and suffered dreadfully.
a friend who had used B. Is. B. nd
vised its use. He has used one bottle
and all pain has ceased and he can now
walk. This has been a most wonderful
action, as his complaint had baflled
everything. l shall continue to use it on
him. Mrs. EMMA GRIFrrrus
Unitia, Tenn, March 2, 1886.
WEBB CITY, ARK, BLOOD.
Having tested B. B. B. and found it to
be all that is claimed for it, [ commend
1t to any and every one suffering from
blood poison. IL has done me more
good for less money and in u shorter
space OF time than any blood purifier I
ever used. I owo the comfort of nv
life to its use, for ! have been troubled
with severe form of blood poison for s
or years and found no relief equal to
that givon by the use Of B. b. B.
W. G. MCGAUHEY.
Webb City, Ark, May 3, 1886.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
aI2!!!'|Is9|1a(
CURES ALI. MUNIORS,

from q common Blotch, or Eruption.
TO tho worst ScrOfula. Salt rhounl,
0Eover sores" Scaly or Rough
blood are conquered by this powerful, puri-
tying, and invigorating medicine. GreaC
nign influence. Especially has it manifested
it's potency in curing letter, Rose Rash
uIouS Sores and SWeIIings, Hip,
Joint Disease, White SWclIings,
GOitre, or Thi ick Neck, and Enlarged
Glands. Send ten cents i'm stamps for "A
large treatise, with colorcd plates, on Skin
Diseases, or tho same amount for a treatise
on Scrofulous Affections.
"EHAE BLOOD rs THE LBEE.3
Thoroughly cleanse it by using DR.. Picrce'y
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, n fair skin, buoyant Spir-
Ats, and vital strength, will be established.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
CONSUMPTION,

which is ScrOfuIn OF tho lungs, is ar
rested and cured by this remedy. il taken be-
fore the last lagos OF the disease are reached.
From its marvellous power over this terribly
celebrated remedy to the public, DR.. PIRRCE
thought seriously of calling it his "Con.
sumption Cure" but abandoned tbnG
from it's wonderful combination of tonic, o:
strengthening, Alternative. or blood cleansing,
anti-bilious, poctOrul, uutl nutritivc proper
ties, Is uncqualCd, not 0rly ms Il remedy for
consumption, but for all Chronic Dis
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22

MISS Youngblood of Columbus, Miss,
has been elected TO the Chair of Modern
Languages at Martha Washington Col.
lege, Abingdon, Va.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22

All who desire full information about the
cause snd cure OF Blood poiSons Scrofula and
sscrotulouS swcllings Ulcers, Sores Rheuma.
tlsni, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, 1otc can
trated Book of Wonders, flled with the most
wonderful and startling proof ever before
known. address, BIUOD BALM CO.
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
A AG,eOt-Gronddnughtor of calhoun Gos, Ma,

WASHINGTON, December 15.-Duriup
the performance Of article IL" by Clara
Morris, at the Grand Opera House tonight,
the play was interrupted by a scene which
recalled the famous shooting case in this
city some six or seven years ago. Seated
in the mi DIST of the large audience was
Miss Annie Horton, great granddaughter
Of John Q. Calhoun, who IS now an en-
Ssloye in the Post Office Department.
P<ieyeral years ago this young woman
:, SO the Treasury Department, where
zen y t%S Morgan, son of Senator Morgan of
AiaDatna, was at his desk, and calling the
young man out in the street, fired al him
repeatedly with. revolver. The shots,
however, inflicted only slight wound, and
ihe young clerk refused to prosecute.
Az the end of the first act of "Article
Al" tonight, where Miss Morris, ms the
Creole girl Cora, Is shot by her lover
'George Duhamcl, Miss Horton became VIC.
tly insane, and she hada to be taken from
Npatre by the police. yg,,
q
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
wool OlIc Found Guilty and sentenced to De.n

MACON, Ga, December 15.--This was
the tenth day of the trial of Voolfolk.
The jury was charged at noon, and in
twenty minutes brought in a verdict of
guilty. The prisoner was then sentenced
TO be hanged on February 10. In his
statement before he was sentenced, Wool
Slk asserted his innocence before Heaven,
So elS}}s That his witnesses had sworn
Slems to be absolutely without
RhapPy Stlon for Q llew trial will be
ing afeby counsel
gu cost Ragainst chimney sweeper
So inalSirbring SCOT against you, \
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
PITTS CARMINATIVE! !
FOR INFANTS AND
TEETHING Chill DREN

-. An instant relief for collie of infants.
Cures Dysentery, Diarrhna, Cholera
mfantum or any diseases of the stomach
and bowels. Makes the critical period
OF Teething safe and easy. Is safe and
pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists,
and for wholesale by Howard, WHnEr
Il Co., Augusta, Ga
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-22
a ssNoLlE ISSUE.

congIcss Must Meet tho nen,,,d ,,, r., ,y,o.
hoform.-Dilemma OF KepubItcnns .pnaa.
tdent Cleyeland's Message pIakss a nt,on
Imperative. NAe'wio" w
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-22
That Seed Wheat.

We gave notice last week that we
had received from the Bureau of Ag-
riculture a lot of seed wheat for free
distribution. So far but one farmer
has called for it. This wheat is from
the premium bushels sent to the De-
partment from various counties of
the state, and is all of excellent
quality that sent to us is
from Johnson, Jackson and Bedford
counties. 1t is put up about three
pints in a sack, which is sufficient, if
properly sown and cultivated, to sup
ply a farmer with several bushels of
fine seed wheat for next year. We
would like to place it all in the
hands of good farmers, who will
give it a fair trial and report results.
Commissioner Hord informs us that
ia due season he will send out sam
pies of corn, oats and other seeds
after the same manner. We hope
the farmers of Warren county
will avail themselves of these
opportunities to secure good seeds,
and thus improve their crops.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-22
Carbolic Smoke Ball.
QMPROvED.)

L
A sure remedy In Colds, Catarrh, Bron.
chitis, Asthma, bay Fever, Neuralgia,
Headache, Sore Throat Bronchial Tubes, or
Lungs. r. NJ. REAMs, Editor and Proprietor
"SoUTHERN STANDARD" writes;
Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., Nashville. eta FL
Gentlemen 81 have used Carbolic Smoke
BALM Catarrh and Bronchial affections with
most beneficial effects. 1t gives more
speedy relief than any other remedy | ever
tried and is Il pleasant remedy to use, Its
results were eminently satisfactory in my
case. Yours truly, Il. NJ. REAMs.
DEBELLATOR, must be used in Chronic
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loss of smell or hearing, 1t purifes the
blood and regulates the system. nt
These remedies are safe and pleasant and
can be used at home, Our Improved Smoke
Ball is a decided success. All are invited
to call and have a FREE TRIAL. Price
Smoke Ball $500, Debellator $l.O0. Order
direct from our Office or agents or through
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Sent by mail or express boxed, and with
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cents in postage. Call or address Iiasf. 4.
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D, B. CARSON, Agent.
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Or J. CRAM, Druggist,
"' Sparta, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-22
The Same Over Here.

We commend the following from
the Dayton News-G Gazette to the
thoughtful consideration of the bust
ness men of McMinnville:
No ANAL share of the success of a
large number of our business houses
is due to a liberal yet judicious man
ner of advertising. At the same
time, while advertising, if INDUCED
in at all, shouldbe liberal, yet, to sue
coed, the contents ofan advertisement
should be shaped and arranged in
such a manner as to catch the eye of
those who are sought after, and be
read, and reflected upon. 1t is not
only necessary to rightly Judge be-
tween too lavish display O space and
money, but also to know just "what
to say, show to say it" and "when
to say it."